The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-14
fluctuations Yesterday in the Nsw York
Exchange List Of Stocks.
The Feeling Of the Market st D fFsrsnt Stages
Of the Days Session.
Pfoducs and Provision Prices in Various
Markets Of the Country.
Railroad, State and Government Bonds
Foreign Exchanees-Bar SiIver-OH
Markets-Live Stock Quotations.

NEW YORK, December 12.-Money on call
easy at to per cent; last loan 41z, closed Of
fered at 5. Prime mercantile paper, 69S per
cent. Sterling exchange dun and weaker at
s4.s1 for sixty days bills and sisl1S for de-
Eand. The total sales OF stocks to-day were
S64, $40 shares, including Delaware, Lackswanna
* Western, a no; Erie IL ITO; Lake Shore, sos;
Louisville & Nashville 9,225; Missouri Pacific,
1885! Northwestern, $40; Reading, sS,IOO:
ST. Paul, 3,42O; Union Pacific, $500; Western
Union, 1880.
The stock market to-day was moderately
active bat weak almost all daY long: deter
mined attack was made upon the list at the
opening by the bearish room traders, and a
marked Impression was made upon values, the
prevailing dullness offering the opportunity.
There was very little support given the list,
though there were some buying orders which
absorbed the offerings, but the market became
weak ard demoralized and so remained until
late in the day. The attack again centered In
the Richmond n and West Point stocks,
and dissensions in the board of
directors with reports that an injunction would
be asked for to prevent the payment OF the divi.
dend on the preferred stock, and that a bull
pool in the latter had dumped its stock to-day
were put forth as reasons for the ease with which
it yielded to the pressure. All the active list
were attacted, however, and the coal stocks
s-d the Pacific roads were especially weak.
Among the specialties FL Worth and Denver
were sold down on reported sales of stocks for
| the new extension. After the downward move
ment had spent its force there was partial re-
eovery, though the improvement amounted to
fractions only and did not materially adect the
result OF the days trading The opening was
/
narrowness of the speculation noticed last week,
but the list Immediately yielded, and before
the emo of the lnrst hour declines 4 to 20 per
cent. had been established, The extreme weak
ness then DISAPPEARED, but the activity wen
/ with it and by noon the market was extremeI
dull, while prices slill remained at the bottom.
Some frmness was developed in the af-
ternoon, but the leaders showed
little improvemt, and though there was no
change in the market after that time the close
was dull and barely steady at but shade better
than bottom prices. EVERYTHING except Cana
dian Pacific, whice rose rs. is lower tonight,
Fort Worth an d Denver lost IS; Union Pacific
| 2s4; Lackawanna 21s Pacific Mail rs; Wheel
and Lake Erie l5s; New England and Colorado
| Coal II; Reading rs; Michigan Central, Mis-.
souri, Pacific and st. Paul per cent each
Railroad bonds were dull, but there was
better tone; Chesapeake and Ohio Iseries A rose
to 9s; Mackina w and Marquette Land grants
| to 80; Kansas and Texas fves % to CO; New
Orleans Pacific Trust receipts to &c; Peoria
Decatur and Evansville seconds lost at Il and
Richmond aud West Point skies at IS.
Government bonds were dull but steady to
| firm.
State bonds were dun and steady.
Eastern Fxchan1es
ST. LOUIS, December 12.-NeW York ex.
| change at par.
NEW YORK, December 12-Clearings to-day,
SO or, l69; balances S5,006,l20.
BOSTON, December i2.-Clearlngs to-day sl4,-
449, 4o4; balances 81, 3O9. 9S9: money per cent:
exchange on New York 17c discount to I0c
| premium.
| PHILADELPHIA. December 12-Bank clear
tngs lO,OO7, so; balances 81 sos, 1888.
| CHICAGO, December 12.-Clesrings to-day
were sl2,5l0O00. There was no change in the
| situation otherwise New York exchange was
| still 25c premium, while money was still scarce
and in demand at 7@s per cent.
! ST. LOUIS, December l2.-Bank clearings to-
| day were SO, 49O,541; balances, s420,26i.
| BALTIMORE, December 12.-Clearings.s2,1 49,
| 296 and balances, S2l4,S64.
| Bar Silver.
NEW YORK December I2.-Bar Silver
| 951ze.
| Foreign Exchange.
1 PARIS, December 1O.-Three per cent. rentes
/ S3f CSC for the account.